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The Unprincipled FamilyFredrickPer8Interrelated humanistic disciplineThe dangerous relationship of Claudius, the king, and settlement, the kings nephew and stepson, contain two elements that ar pervasive enough to categorize it as such. cheating and paranoia are those traits. Treachery is one of the basic unprinciples of the relationship, as is shown in the scene of the fencing watch and the planning that goes around it. In a scene that relates to the planning of the mate itself, the king and Laertes, a man whose family is dead beca single-valued function of Hamlet, have plotted the oddment of Hamlet through various things. All of which are to happen to Hamlet in the course of the matchKing.And wager on your heads. He, being remiss, much or less generous, and free from all contriving,Will not peruse the foils, so that with ease,Or with a little shuffling, you may chooseA sword unbated, and, in a pass of practice,Requite him for your father.Laertes.I will dotAnd for that pur pose Ill anoint my sword.I bought an unction of a mountebank,So mortal that, merely dip a knife in it,Where it draws blood, no cataplasm so rare,Collected from all simples that have virtue infra the moon, can save the thing from deathThat is but scratched withal. Ill yobbo my pointWith this contagion, that, if I gall him slightly,It may be death.(IV, vii, 134-148)So in fact, within this quote there are two foul plans, the use of an unbated foil, which is more than technically cheating in a fencing match, but then, adding insult, the use of a poison tipped foil. With the use of contagion and the unbated foil, Claudius and Laertes are making sure that they win. This is still not enough for them, however they remind on to another backup scheme to win a poisoned chaliceKing.When in your motion you are hot and dry-As make your bouts more violent to that end-And that he calls for a drink, Ill have prepared himA chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping,Our purpose may hold there. -(I V, vii, 157-162)Claudius introduces a poisoned chalice, which, as the third option, or in better terms, the third method is utilize to kill Hamlet. After being stabbed by Hamlet, Laertes, in his final breaths pronounces the fraud of the kingLaertes.The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,Unbated and envenomed. The foul practiceHath moody itself on me. Lo, here I lie,Never to rise again. Thy mothers poisonedI can do no more. The King, the Kings to blame.